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Proverbs 15:27 (Listen)

27 Whoever is vgreedy for unjust gain wtroubles his own household,

but he who hates xbribes will live.

8 yA bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it;

wherever he turns he prospers.

23 The wicked accepts qa bribe in secret1

to rpervert the ways of justice.

[1] 17:23 Hebrew a bribe from the bosom

16 A man's qgift makes room for him

and brings him before the great.

14 rA gift in secret averts anger,

and a concealed bribe,1 strong wrath.

[1] 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom

21 To show kpartiality is not good,

but for la piece of bread a man will do wrong.

4 By justice a king hbuilds up the land,

but he who exacts gifts1 tears it down.

[1] 29:4 Or who taxes heavily

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